Table 18
Rongelap Exposure Rates Based on Living Pattern Assumed for Bikini °3,%
Description
Infants
O-4 yrs
Fraction
16%
Children
5-19 yrs
41%
Men
Women
20+ yrs
20+ yrs
22%
21%
of population
Dose rate due to
Time spent within these areas
(eR/hr)
Inside Home
3.65
2.19
2.19
2.19
Within 10 m of
home
1.10
0.73
0.37
0.73
Elsewhere invik
0.37
0.73
0.37
0.73
Beach
0.37
0.37
0.37
0.37
Interior Island
0.37
1.10
1.46
1,10
Lagoon
0,00
0.37
0.37
0.19
Other Islands
4.98
4.98
6.23
6,23
10.84
10.47
11,36
11.54
lage
Total (wR/hr)
{inel bkgd)
Table 19
Exposure Rates and Dose Predictions for Persons Living on
Rongelap Atoll Based on Assumed Bikini Living Pattern
Age Group
Net Weighted
Rate in wR/hr
May 1977
External Integral Dose in
10 yr.
30 yr.
Rem (Bkgd Subt)
50 yr.
Infants (0-4 yrs)
Children (5-19 yrs)
7.09
6.72
0.56
0.52
1.35
1.27
1.84
1.75
Women (20 yrs+)
7.79
0.62
1.49
2.03
Men (20 yrst)
7.61
0,60
- 20 -
1.44
1.97